Lake city, utah, outside the medical school at the university of utah. Bowing their heads in respect. Tonight marks the 11th night of nationwide protests in response to the Police Killing of george floyd in minneapolis last monday, last week. Just like the ten nights prior to this one, we are seeing big crowds, gathering in some of americas largest cities tonight, left side of your screen, that is louisville kentucky, right side of your screen, thats los angeles, also seeing substantial protests under way tonight, in denver, colorado, and in phoenix, arizona. And again, just like the ten days prior to tonight, it has been a largely peaceful day of demonstrations, in big cities, and in small ones, and this was bastavia hills, alabama, today, which is basically a birmingham suburb, this was outside city hall. This was la miranda california today, protesters gathered outside the civic center there. In mansfield texas today, students organized a march at their high school, which wound its way to city hall, in silver city, new mexico, they had a protest in their car, socially distant protests, people in their cars, Holding Signs out their windows, honking their horns, and that is silver city, new mexico. There were protests today, in orlando, florida, as, in denver, colorado, as i mentioned, in detroit, michigan, in miami, florida, i want to show you a shot of brooklyn, new york, today, a huge protest, outside the brooklyn public library. New york city has been home to some of the largest protests since all of this started 11 days ago, it has also been home to some of the more chaotic protests, thanks in large part to an aggressive and at times militaristic response from police that usually comes toward the end of each day. Weve seen that day after day after day in new york. In the bronx, last night, right before curfew, a group of heavilyarmed officers aggressively pushed their bikes into a throng of protesters, knocking people to the ground left and right, and they arrested people who tried to run away, they arrested them by tackling to the ground, as people were trying to get away from the police. Police reportedly started arresting legal observers who were on the scene, if youve ever been on a protest, a wellorganized protest of any size, you have probably seen people in hats to distinguish themselves as legal observers and people even started arresting them last night in the bronx. This is not just a new york thing. Just like having protests have stretched our country from coast to coast, aggression from the police toward Peaceful Protesters has been a nationwide hallmark of this last 11 days as well. So im going to show you something, i want to give you a second to, i just want to give you a second to warn you about what im going to show, this is the next piece of tape that im going to show you is something that is difficult to watch and i want to give you a second to look away, or change the channel, if you would like now is the time that you should do that, i will countdown, three, two, one. Okay. This was philadelphia yesterday afternoon. A group of Police Officers ramming their bicycles into Peaceful Protesters, shoving them violently to the ground, eventually they just beating them mercilessly, with their batons. I also want to show you footage from buffalo, new york this week. This man was giving an interview to the press, had his arms in the air and that is when the Police Charged at him from behind as he was giving the interview and tackled him to the ground. But theres one final incident that also happened in buffalo that i want to show you, and its violent and difficult as those pieces of footage are to watch, this next one, were going to show you, and that were going to talk about and were going to speak with the mayor of buffalo about, this next piece of footage is particularly stomachchurning. We have become accustomed to seeing very violent displays of police force over these past, well, over these past years. But certainly, acutely over these past few days in the face of these protests. So im going to show you a couple of short videos, they are quite graphic, this is your warning, but what they show is an elderly man who clearly sustains a serious head injury, after being shoved violently to the ground by police, while he is doing absolutely nothing violent or threatening whatsoever. So if you dont want to watch this, this is the time to not watch. Ready, three, two, one. All right. Set this up for you this. Happened yesterday evening, buffalo, new york. Just minutes after that citys 8 00 p. M. Curfew went into effect. Were going to show you a 75yearold protester, martin, seen approaching members of the Police Departments Emergency Response team during a demonstration in that city, and like that, he is knocked to the ground by officers, hitting his head on the concrete. So here he is, walking up to the police, that sounds like the officers yell move, and they push him back, one officer shoves him arm into the mans chest, another extends his ba to the ton toward him and he falls backward and cracks his head on the sidewalk. Almost immediately, he starts bleeding quite considerably, from his ear, one officer does lean down to look at him closely, only to be pulled away before he could offer any aid. A bunch of officers then walk right by, without checking on him, as he lays motionless on the ground. He had been holding something in his right hand. A pad of paper or pencil or something. You can see his hand loosen up as he loses, apparently loses consciousness. Considerably later in the video, eventually you see a man in fatigues who steps in to render aid, to this man, who was seriously hurt. The video itself is shocking enough. What is just frankly as baffling is the fact that shortly after this took place, the Buffalo Police Department Said in a statement, that mr. Gugino had quote tripped and fell. Which you have now seen enough to know is a lie. Directly and blatantly contradicted by video evidence. And its not just from that one angle. Here is a second angle of the incident shot across the street making it just as clear as the first. Once again you see him walking up to the officers and then pushed, which leads him to fall to the ground, he hits his head on the pavement. This is obviously not someone who tripped and fell, and none of the officers who all saw that happened and none of the bystanders who saw that happen, and none of the video account would lend any credence to anybody who claimed that is what happened there. The mayor of buffalo said earlier today that that inaccurate statement about him tripping and falling was an error, and that the record was later corrected. Mr. Gugino has been identified as a longtime activist, within the buffalo area, after sustaining that injury yesterday he was taken to a nearby hospital. Hes been described as stable but serious condition. A hospital spokesperson said today he was alert and oriented. The Department Officials say there is now a full internal Affairs Investigation into this matter. The Erie County District Attorneys Office says prosecutors are also investigating the incident. The Police Commissioner has ordered that the two officers directly involved in this incident should be suspended without pay. And honestly, thats, you know, the least that you would expect at this point, given that footage. But get a load of this next part. Earlier today, the members of the Buffalo Police department who were working on that special unit, that Emergency Response team, that was seen responding to yesterdays demonstration, who had this altercation with mr. Gugina that resulted in him and this head injury, all of the officers on that team today resigned from that unit en masse. All 57 of them. They didnt resign from the police department. They resigned from the Emergency Response unit. Their Union President telling nbcs local affiliate that quote, 57 resigned in disgust because of the treatment of two of their members, who were simply executing orders. The hid of the Police Officers association, did the head of the Police Officers association told the buffalo news, our position is that these officers were simply following orders, from the Deputy Police customer, to clear the square. It doesnt specify to clear the square of men 50 and under or 15 to 40. They were simply doing their job. I dont know how much contact. He did slip in my estimation. He fell backward. And earlier today, brown issued a statement addressing the mass resignation and saying quote the city of buffalo is aware of developments related to the work assignments of certain membership members of the police force at this time and we can confirm that contingency plans are in place to maintain police stef services and ensure Public Safety in our community. Putting basic Police Services aside, is it fair to ask where the city goes from here . How does it even, how do you begin to get on the same page, when it doesnt appear that youre reading from the same book, or potentially that you can even read the same language. Joining us now is the man in a very difficult position tonight, buffalo new yorks mayor, byron brown, mayor brown, thanks for making time for us this evening. I know this is an incredibly fraught time for you and your city. Yes, it is. It is a difficult time for the city of buffalo. Its a difficult time for cities all across the country. But we have a good community, we have a strong community. Were listening to people who are in our community protesting against police brutality. Protesting against Racial Injustice, and we will work with those protesters, that social movement, to bring real change and reform to our community. Mr. Mayor, the way that i just described what happened in buffalo, let me give you a chance to tell me if i got any of that wrong. But also to give us any further updates, if anything has happened, in this situation, either with mr. Gugino, specifically, with the two officers whose conduct is being reviewed, or with this mass resignation from that unit of the police department. Have there been any further developments . No further developments. The matter is under investigation. When that video was sent to the Buffalo Police commissioner, he immediately suspended both officers without pay. The investigation is ongoing. Ive asked for the investigation to be fast tracked in the department. And the management of the department has moved that investigation forward. In terms of potential charges here, i was struck by the fact that new yorks governor, andrew cuomo said today, that the city should pursue firing these officers, the District Attorney should consider possibly bringing criminal charges, because those were public remarks, made by an elected official, made by the governor of the state, i have to ask you, as the highestranking elected public official in buffalo, do you agree with the governor about that . I believe that the officers should have due process. As you mentioned, i was very disturbed, and immediately concerned with the health of the gentleman that fell backwards and struck his head. I was concerned that he was pushed. And the concern was shared by the Police Commissioner who suspended those officers immediately, without pay. I think it is critically important to make sure that those officers due process works are protected. We dont tolerate Police Misconduct. I think Police Misconduct has to be taken very seriously. That is a specialized team. The team is trained to deal with mass demonstrations, mass protest situations, and advanced to clear an area. There are medics that are imbedded with that team, people who have first aid training. The team is trained to continue to move forward, and the medics, that are imbedded with the team, are trained to render first aid, to Police Officers, to the public, if they need, it and in this case, first aid was immediately rendered to him by medics who were in that team who helped get him into the ambulance where he was taken to ecmc. It is my understanding that he is conscious. He is alert. And certainly, i am praying for his full and complete recovery. You say that medical attention was immediately rendered. I think that part of what is so stomachchurning and upsetting to people about seeing those videos, while the medic does eventually arrive on the scene, the officers to continue to look at him, recognized, it appears, the seriousness of what happened, including one officer who appears to move toward him, essentially potentially to assess him, or at least take a closer look at what is going on, is yanked off of him, and those officers walked by, and this is a man who is lying their long enough that we can see blood pouring out of his ear and blood pooling and running out of the back of his head, obviously an older man, and ultimately aid was rendered but the training of the Police Officers, surely doesnt have them continue to walk away from a man who is bleeding out because of what they just did to them. They are not even moving to protect them after they caused him this injury. It doesnt seem like this is the way training for your police should play out. This protection is from the medics. Those officers are trained to advance, to keep moving. Not to break their line. There are medics that are imbedded with those units, for that exact reason. Those medics are trained to render first aid. It was seconds, and in seconds, first aid was rendered to him. Am i happy with the situation . Absolutely not. Was it very disturbing, very distressing to watch that gentleman pushed and fall backwards and hit his head . It absolutely was very distressing. We are working hard to provide the best training for our officers. This has been a very difficult situation, where we have Police Officers that are working around the clock, they are working long hours, they are very tired, they are near exhaustion, its no excuse, no excuse for misconduct, no excuse for not following proper procedure, and in that particular case, proper procedure was not to push that gentleman to the ground. So we are very concerned about it. Were taking it very seriously. And it hurts our efforts to bring healing to this community. It hurts our ability to gain the continued trust of the community, to negotiate with protesters, to listen to the demands of protesters, and then to collectively, as a community, Bring Solutions to some of the problems, the issues, and concerns around police brutality, Police Misconduct, and Racial Injustice and equity that we have in the city of buffalo, as exists all across the country, in every single sector of our society. Was there anything going on in the city of buffalo, in terms of civil unrest in terms of protests, in terms of threats to the public order, threats to people, threats to property, that necessitated that made it appropriate for a military style unit of officers trained to leave those who they injured, laying pleading behind them, as they move on, as the police force that was operating in your city in that moment, did conditions actually warrant having those types of tactics deployed in your streets . We can see whats going on in the immediate vicinity there, and it doesnt feel like the war is under way for that kind of a militarized unit to be moving in that kind of a formation. With that characterization, that officers moved on, as i mentioned, medics are im bedded with that team, and it is the role of the medics that are behind the advancing officers to render aid to a Police Officer who needs it, to render aid to a citizen who needs it, and that is what the medics that were part of that unit immediately did, within seconds of his injury. And yes, we were seeing that when protests lasted into night, when it got dark, in the city of buffalo, we saw violence, we saw vandalism, we saw fires set. We saw looting. We saw rioting. And i imposed a curfew for 8 00 to prevent that kind of violence, vandalism, and danger to our community. Our priority is to protect the residents of our community, to protect the businesses in our community, and to protect the right of Peaceful Protesters to be able to protest in our city. The curfew is set. People who were violating the curfew were given multiple requests to leave that area. The folks that were still in that area did not heed the request of Law Enforcement to leave the area, and Law Enforcement moved in to clear the area for the safety and protection of the community. Unfortunately, in mr. Gaginos case, that did not occur. We are very saddened that it did not occur in that case. What happened to him shouldnt have happened, and certainly, we are working to make sure that we protect residents, we protect our businesses, and we protect peaceful protests in our community so people can exercise their First Amendment rights to express their freedom of speech. The video of what happened in buffalo is indelible for this country, and as you face police, the police bibenevolent leader who said he slipped and you have the push back from police as you face those officers and your community, you have a mountain to climb, mr. Mayor. Mayor byron brown of new york, good luck to you sir, this is a very difficult circumstance youre in. It is on the wrong side of history. They are wrong. They essentially threatened those officers without support for the pda if they continued to work in that unit, that is absolutely wrong. This union has been on the wrong side of history for a very long period of time. And they have been in a real barrier to reform of policing in the city of buffalo. Mr. Mayor, byron brown, of buffalo, new york, sir, thank you for being with us tonight. I appreciate your time. Let me give you some geographic context here. Buffalo new york is on the very western edge of new york state. You can see it over there towards niagra falls. Buffalo, new york is, a good six and a half hour drive from new york city. The largest city in the state obviously, and in the country. And in new york city tonight, they are under yet another night of curfew that started at 8 00 p. M. Eastern and that curfew will continue through the weekend. Just like all of the other nights this week, protesters are disregarding that mandatory curfew, and are in the streets tonight, anyway, to protest George Floyds killing. In the nations capital, last night, in washington, d. C. , the mayor of dc, Muriel Bowser actually lifted the curfew on her city. Protesters marched peacefully in the middle of a gigantic lightning and thunderstorm, chanting hands up dont shoot, and once again demonstrations in washington, d. C. , also peaceful this time, with clearer sky, and the protests in dc have been marked by this overwhelming militarized presence of the mystery federal Law Enforcement officers sent in by the president , and overseen apparently by attorney general bill barr, maybe, to counter what had been largely peaceful protests in the district. Today, dcs mayor, Muriel Bowser called on President Trump to remove those federal officers from her city. She called on the removal of the National Guard. The bureau of prisons officers. All of them. She said they were inflaming the Peaceful Demonstrations in dc tonight. She started contacting the governors of individual states whose National Guards men and women have been sent to dc, asking those governors to recall their National Guard troops back home and get them out of the streets of washington. These were strong forceful demands from the dc mayor, as demands that are escalating, but perhaps you may have seen there was Something Else that dc mayor murier bowser did today that spoke louder or spoke bigger than anything she could have put in a letter to the president. Starting at 3 00 a. M. , mayor bowser of washington, d. C. Sent a group of volunteers to 16th street, and the white house address is 1600 pennsylvania, 1600, as in 16th street she sent volunteers to 16th street in washington, d. C. In front the white house with buckets of yellow low paint and paint rollers and in huge giant larger than life 50 foot letters they painted a new mural on the length of 16th street, black lives matter, big enough to see in the highest buildings in washington, d. C. And big enough for the president to see out his window, you could practically see it from space. It takes up almost two full city blocks. Mayor bowsers office says since the president dispatched Law Enforcement officers, there is a dispute of who the streets of dc belong to and the mayor said she wanted to make it abundantly clear whose street it is, it is dcs streets and honor the peaceful protests assembling in her city day after day and she had that smack in front of the white house, officially renamed today, as well. Look at the street sign there. It is now black lives matter plaza. They hung the new street sign early this morning. Lots to get to tonight. Stay with us. Lots to get to tonight stay with us effortless is the lincoln way. So as you head back out on the road, well be doing what we do best. Providing some calm amidst the chaos. With virtual, realtime tours of our vehicles as well as remote purchasing. For a little help, on and off the road. Now when you buy or lease a new lincoln, well make up to 3 payments on your behalf. 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Just say peacock into your voice remote to start watching today. Bloomberg news obtained a document called domestic unrest, washington, d. C. Overview. The document was reportedly prepared for the joint chiefs of staff in the military and while the document is not classified it also doesnt seem like it was prepared for public consumption. It describes the makeup of the otherwise Mysterious Force of federal agents of some kind that appeared to be maybe under the command of attorney general william barr, in the streets of dc, but really, who knows, these guys in tshirts, and tactical vests with no insignia, may be random want to be militia dudes who are pretending this is the civil war they always wanted but they might also be federal officers or maybe, could be, how do we know. I mean without name badges and without identifying markings, how do we tell . But they are apparently from the u. S. Marshall service, the d. E. A. , the fbi, the park police, according to this document, prepared for the joint chiefs, it is basically the list of all federal agencies that have forces like this, so it could be all of them. Could be any one, really. Use your imagine nation, how many federal agencies you can name off the top of your head. At least according to leaked document, the public is only seeing thanks to someone surreptitiously showing them to reporters, there are thousands of these agents who have deployed to the streets of washington, d. C. Under some sort of cryptic mysterious command structure were not allowed to know about. But even that document spelling out which agencies these guys apparently come from, even that document doesnt say butkus why theyre not wearing badges or identifying what agencies they are from or who they are. Which is a banana public kind of thing. Random pseudoarmed unidentifiable man running around for the president , apparently answerable to him and his administration but no one is sure. Are you supposed to obey these people if they point guns. With what if theyre american citizens . This is not an american look. This is kind of liba. This is weird. This is not how Law Enforcement is supposed to work around the white house. That said, even as these guys were told to take off their insignia and name badges by someone, no one will admit to giving that oerksd eventually, you put these guys out in public, then enough people will post enough closeup images of them online that people are going to start recognizing something about them eventually. A wtop reporter named Alejandra Alvarez posted some closeup photos of some of these guys and specifically. So tshirts that they were wearing with otherwise unmarked gear. And some reporters in texas at the Dallas Morning News were able to confirm that yes, at least some of these guys deployed, like qaddafis body guards but in the streets around washington, and streets around the white house, they were able to confirm that at least some of them were from two federal prisons in texas, the Federal Correctional Institution at three rivers, three rivers texas, about halfway between san antonio and Corpus Christi and another federal prison complex in beaumont, texas, as well. Apparently, they sent officers to go patrol protests, in washington, without insignia, except some of them kept on tshirts or other little bits of gear that gave telltale, gave away telltale signs of where they work in their day jobs. I mean ultimately, you cant stay anonymous forever. Even if the attorney general wants you to be for some reason. The bureau of prisons sending Corrections Officers from federal prisons in texas to walk the streets of washington carrying guns and answering maybe to the attorney general while not wearing uniforms or telling anybody who they are, that is unsettling enough. Right . That was not even on my apocalyptic bingo card of where i thought we would be in the Trump Administration. That i did not get. But the Dallas Morning News today, notes one other very specific implication of these officers from the specific texas federal prisons where they are turning up Police Protests in dc without their name badges and that weirdly specific implication, at least in beaumont, they have had a bunch of Corrections Officers test positive for coronavirus there. And weve all seen huge outbreaks in american prisons and jails just like weve seen them in meat packing facilities and on one particular Nuclear Powered aircraft carrier, when it comes to federal prisons in texas, they are not exactly testing up a storm, but so far, the bureau of prisons has posted information about Corrections Officers being diagnosed with the virus, and some of them from beaumont, and beaumont is one of the prisons from which the b. O. P. Apparently secretly drafted officers to be brought all the way across the country to police these protests. And no, almost none of these unbadged random officers were Wearing Masks while they police these protests. So thank you bureau of prisons. Thank you william barr, and anything else you would like to deliver to the kind people of dc . The president today said we are quote largely through the coronavirus epidemic. That was his phrase. He said were largely through with coronavirus. And weve done very well. Meanwhile, here on earth one, this was the headline at the New York Times tonight. Quote, u. S. Cases are still rising by more than 20,000 cases daily. The daily average of new coronavirus cases in the United States is actually starting to rise again. Were still seeing about a thousand americans every day die from coronavirus. In terms of where its getting worse, there are more states that saw an increase in new cases over the next two weeks than states that saw a decline in new cases. Thats bad. Last nights show, we reported on the state epidemiologist in utah, sort of pulling the fire alarm in that state, describing a statewide spike in cases in utah, that is not explained by increased testing or by some localize theed outbreak somewhere in the state. It is a big surge statewide that they cant explain and that they are worried about. The utah state epidemiologist sounding the alarm specifically saying will is reason to take action to stop utahs hospitals from being overwhelmed because that is where it is heading if the case numbers keep rising like that. That was utah last night. Tonight the alarm is being sounded in the great state of arizona. Now, the local press in arizona has been reporting pretty furiously over the course of the past week, on things looking like theyre really heading in a bad direction in terms of the metrics in that state. When the state ended the stayathome order and opened up on may 15th, the state was having an average of 378 new cases a day at that point. And well now, now that theyre opened up, theyre averaging 519 new cases a day, and it seems to be a sustained rise. Theyre getting record numbers of new cases, and record numbers of hospitalizations. The states hospitalization numbers are just soaring. Weve already reported in recent days on the situation specifically in yuma arizona where they have overtopped their Hospital Capacity with covid19 patients and have been shipping critical patients to other hospitals around the state because they are fullup in yuma. Well, now, today, an alarm of a different magnitude, because today, Banner Health system, which is the Largest Health care provider in the hole state of arizona, today Banner Health system held a press conference to announce that arizona is in that kind of trouble statewide. Today, there are some trends that are making me concerned and we have several key concerns that were going to share with you here. You will see what looks like an exponential increase of cases. More concerning for us, is the increase requiring icu care. While the cases are concerning, we are seeing increase of these very sick patient in these icus on violators. We have very high volume currently. And we are ensuring 125 stretch capacity which is what was required by an executive order to make sure we have a 25 increaseability. However if the increasing trend continues of what youre seeing up here, we will exceed our capacity. As we all know, the stayathome order that was placed was to flatten the curve, so that Hospital Capacity would not be exceeded. That curve was flattened. We did not have exponential growth. Although we did have growth. When that was lifted, of course, our social distancing was decreased. So of course, we started to see increasing cases, and were starting to see even more increase, look at all of the way to the right of that curve, the increase and the pace of the increase is concerning, when we start to see this increasing hospitalization capacity, its time for us to change our behaviors. The purpose of my message here today is to show you that covid is increasing. Its increasing, Banner Health is increasing in the county where most of the beds that we have are located. And we need to change behaviors now so we dont exceed Hospital Capacity. That is the clinical director at Banner Health, which is the Largest Health care Delivery System in arizona. Mare co ma county is where most of arizonas population is located. Thats where most of the beds are for Banner Health. Theyre saying this is not isolated in one part of arizona. This is all over arizona. This is in maricopa county. Theyre saying their icu beds have been expanded to 125 capacity. That is now at risk of being over topped. But if the increase can trend continues of what youre seeing up here, we will exceed our capacity and they are already into their surge 125 capacity. And were seeing arizona make new record numbers of coronavirus cases, and new record numbers of hospitalization numbers every day now. This was the headline today in the the wall street journal. Trumps focus shifts away from coronavirus. Quote, u. S. Coronavirus deaths surpassed 100,000 and Health Experts say the pandemic remains a serious concern, but mr. Trump and his advisers have made a strategic decision to shift focus, to issues they believe will animate the president s conservative base ahead of the election. While projecting confidence. Over 109,000 americans dead. As of tonight. A thousand americans dying every day. 20,000 new cases every day. Those things are not getting any better. Multiple states have cases spiking. Multiple states are now warning their hospitals are not equipped to handle how bad it is right now. Let alone some feared second wave in the fall. Were not going to get to a second wave if the first wave never crests. I know why the president doesnt want to talk about, this and we rather play civil war. But this is bad. 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But just a couple of hours later on monday, as Peaceful Protesters were violently cleared from the front of the white house to make way for the president to go pose for photos, with the defense secretary and the chairman of joint chiefs at his side, that evening, it was former chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, rebuking the white house, quote, america is not a battleground. Our fellow citizens are not the enemy. The next day, it was his predecessor, chairman of the joint chief, mike mullen, published this article, i cannot remain silent. Fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so. Four star general john allen wrote quote it may well signal the beginning of the end of the american experiment. Talking about this the potential start of the end of american democracy. And of course, trumps own former defense secretary james mattis who was studiously not wanting to Say Something against President Trump, broke his silence as well and talked about a mockery of the constitution, and we must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our constitution. And trumps own former chief of staff, himself a retired four star general john kelly said he disagrees with the president. The criticism of retired generals is extraordinary because they are generally a tightlipped bunch. They are obviously strenuously nonpolitical. A requirement of the job. Most of them served over plult administrations of both parts. Take someone like retired three star general, douglas loot, served under seven president , republican president george w. Bush brought him to the white house to be the coordinator for iraq and afghanistan in 2007. Then george w. Bushs democratic successor, barack obama, kept the general on. His National Security counsel. And ultimately made him his ambassador to nato. Well, today, general loot tets the New York Times, quote, there is a thin line between the militarys tolerance of questionable partisan moves over the past three years and the point where this becomes intolerable for an apolitical military. Minor episodes have accumulated im per septemberbly but were now at a point where real damage is being done. General lewt joins us live here next. L lewt joins us live here next sleep this amazing . Thats a zzzquil pure zzzs sleep. Our gummies contain a unique botanical blend, while an optimal melatonin level means no nextday grogginess. Zzzquil pure zzzs. Naturally superior sleep. They get that no two people are alike and customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. What do you think . I dont see it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. That Liberty Mutual customizes your insurance, i just love hitting the open road and telling people so you only pay for what you need [squawks] only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Around here, nobody ever does it. I didnt do it. So when i heard they added ultra oxi to the cleaning power of tide, it was just what we needed. Dad . I didnt do it. 1 stain and odor fighter, 1 trusted. Its got to be tide. Quote, there is a thin line between the militarys tolerance for questionable partisan moves over the last three years and the point where it is intolerable for an apolitical military. We are now at a point where real damage is being done. General douglas lewt joining high ranking military officials that are criticizing the president this week in stark terms. General lewt is the former ambassador to nato and a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy school. It is an honor to have you here, sir. Good to be with you, rachel. Something has clearly shifted in recent days among high ranking military officials, including yourself. Not just the willingness to criticize the president and be heard making that type of criticism, also giving us stark warnings about how bad things are. Why did you reach this point this week . Well, this week needs to be placed in a broader context. As the quote that you mentioned, i think there have been a number of incremental steady erosions of the militarys relationship with the president or relations atlarge over the Trump Administration. It began early, in the first week of the Trump Administration when he went to the place in the pentagon which is designated for commemorating a med ral of hono winners and it was there he chose to sign the ban against muslims. He used troop president s, which all president s do, as campaign rallies. He has diverted troops and funding from the pentagon to his border wall project. And these are all indicators that the norms between president ial leadership and the way that the military sees itself as an apolitical institution in america has been steadily encroached upon. This week is different. That is simply because we saw the prospect or the hint that active duty soldiers might be brought into the streets of america and confront american citizens peacefully protesting but posed as more of a combat situation. And for military leaders that is unacceptable. That is why you see a long list of impressive former military leaders now stepping forward to include jim mattis, marty dempsey, john allen and so forth. There has been a push me, pull you that has been evident from looking from the outside in terms of what happened with the president s desire to use troops. He went to the white house and he gave the remarks and crowed how heavily armed the active duty troops he was dispatching in his words to washington d. C. We saw the pentagon secretary, esperreverse course as to whether or not troops were coming from fort bragg to be deployed in the streets of washington d. C. There was a fight about that internally. Do we, the american people, have a right to know about the internal fights if the civilian leadership of the military or military themselves are being given orders that are in their view wrong or potentially illegal, is the right thing for them to do to tell us about them or is there something you do within the chain of command we might not ever see in the public . I think there are internal deliberations in the oval office and the white house situation room we shouldnt expect to know about. Those are held in confidence inside the administration. But actions often speak much louder than words. When you have the National Security team in tow behind the president walking across Lafayette Square across the street from the white house after that square had been heavy handedly dismissed of Peaceful Protesters, in that scene they stepped across the line. So that action, whatever the deliberations behind closeddoors, that action spoke louder than words. Now to be fair the chairman of the joint chiefs and the secretary of defense in the days after that walk across Lafayette Park with the president have sort of corrected the record or attempted to correct the record with public statements and messages to the military about the rightful place of the American Military serving the constitution and reminding everyone under their command of responsibility. But i think the damage done on monday sparked this. Mr. Ambassador, thank you so much for your time and thanks for being willing to talk about these things publicly. I know it is not an easy decision. Thanks. All right. 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